Game of Thrones I’m a crazy fan of Game of Thrones, so I thought I would try and make a cinemagraph out of them. Finding the right source material is a bit tricky, but I think I’ve done an okay job – not perfect, but okay. The problem is finding …
I’ve wanted to create my own handwriting font for ages. The thought of scanning a hundred plus characters gave me nightmares. Good news then if you own an ipad. If you have an ipad, you can create your own font in about 5 minutes. Shut up! 5 minutes are you …
Eeeerrrm Lets do it, lets create a new font Then paranoia took over, what if people tell me to fuck off? What if nobody takes part? What if I don’t like what is submitted? What if people hate me for not accepting their design? There were a lot of what …
Sometimes you just can’t beat the real thing, getting your hands dirty with real paint. It’s the happy accidents that happen that I find hard to reproduce slaving over a hot computer. They tend to happen all the time when you are using a brush and paper or in this …
Until recently I always thought brushes in illustrator were pants. I thought they looked terrible or at least the brushes I was using did look terrible. They didn’t look natural, they looked chunky and vector like. However if you use them in the right way they can look amazing. I’ve …
I’m far from a hipster myself, I don’t wear loafers, bobble hats, red or bright chinos, none of that shit, so I’m hardly qualified in the look department – but I won’t let that get in the way. If you follow this blog, and my rants and raves you will …
So I have been a lot more creative just lately, been trying to get a new design done each week. So this week I found a quote by Jim Morrison – The quote reads “There are things known & unknown and inbetween are the doors” typography is set inside a …
Playing with paper a new app by fiftythree, really cool and lots of fun. Check it out.
Everyone at underscore will tell you that I drove them mad by adding black swan to every playlist on spotify. I just really liked it – cause this is fucked up, fucked up! – nice little ear worm. It inspired me to do this video. Its not quite finished but I thought I’d upload it to my new vimeo account. Its my take, so I’ve probably got it all wrong. Some say its an anti-bush song, some say “everything is fucked up but hey, let’s enjoy the ride” either way, this is my take on it. I did a bit …
Pintrest, by now you should know what it is, if you don’t well, read on. Pintrest is a virtual pinboard (yea like the in your kitchen wall), it allows people to collect and share their favorite photo’s. Users can create as many pin boards as they like, they can add …